Friday, February 6, 2015

My Favorite Artificial For Pine Island Redfish

You're looking at it. A 3" Gulp Shrimp in New Penny color rigged on a 4/0 Owner's weighted Twist Lock hook. This is my go-to artificial for pulling big reds out of the mangroves, and it catches just about everything else, too. Now that January is behind us we should start seeing more upper slot fish like the one in the photo. March can't get here quick enough, though.

Welcome to the Pine Island Angler. This blog is published from my home base on beautiful Matlacha, Florida where I run my guiding business Wildfly Charters. I started this site to provide regularly updated news about salt water flats fishing throughout Southwest Florida, the Keys, and many other Stateside and Caribbean locations. As a full time guide since 1995 I'm always looking for that next undiscovered spot or secret fly that will lead me to even better fishing and I'm happy to share what I find here on this site. I welcome any of your comments on all of my posts. Feel free to contact me with any questions by e-mail at gmckee1@hotmail.com or call me directly at (239)565-2960. Capt. Gregg McKee